January 19, 2014

100 Greatest Indian Films: A List by NDTV

After CNN-IBN's list of the 100 greatest Indian films, following is a different list by NDTV. Sixty Hindi films feature in this list, and hence it is very different from the CNN-IBN list. Of course, the validity of such lists will always be debated. However, it can be interesting to see which films feature in both lists. There are forty-nine of them and I have marked them in bold. And yes, as on date, my score on this list is a not-so-impressive 62/100. What is yours?

P.S. I started the 'Must Watch' recommendations in September 2010. Before that I had watched several movies that must feature in this list. But in order to save myself from the useless and predictable exercise of recommending all great movies, I decided to follow a simple eligibility criterion: The movies recommended here would be among those I watched or re-watched since September 2010. So please do not be surprised if 'Cinema Paradiso' or 'Apocalypse Now' (which are, in my opinion, definite Must Watch) do not feature in here. They will find a place in the list the day I re-watch them.